A source close to the White House review said Obama aides discussed offering Sestak a position on the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board, but that was quickly ruled out because a sitting member of Congress cannot hold such a post. However, the source said the offer may have been conveyed to Sestak as an intelligence or defense advisory post similar to that board.

Sestak on Friday confirmed that Clinton had approached him to see if he would take a position, stay in the House of Representatives and sit out the primary against Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.), who had President Barack Obama’s backing. Sestak declined, and beat Specter in the primary last week.

“During the conversation [Clinton] talked about how tough this Democratic primary might be if I got in,” Sestak explained to television cameras and reporters on the steps in front of the House chamber Friday. “And he also said you’ve done well in the House and your military background can really make a mark there. And then brought up that, during a conversation, Rahm Emanuel had brought up about a presidential board or something if I were to stay in the House.”

“And I almost interrupted the president and said ‘Mr. President, I am going to decide to get in this or not only depending upon what’s good for Pennsylvania’s working families, not an offer.’ And he said, ‘I knew you’d say that.’ ”

The White House confirmed the offer in a two-page memo from White House counsel Bob Bauer, who asserted that the discussions were “fully consistent with the relevant law and ethical requirements.”

The statements from the White House and Sestak, issued on the Friday before the Memorial Day weekend, seemed designed to cap a week in which questions over the reported Sestak job offer caught fire. Several prominent Democrats called on Sestak and the White House to explain in detail what happened, even as Republicans stepped up their calls for a special prosecutor.

While the accounts from Sestak and the White House were broadly consistent, an earlier prepared statement from Sestak referred to only a single entreaty. The White House version referred to efforts that spanned two months and apparently included at least two possible positions.

Sestak first discussed the job offer publicly in February, without mentioning Clinton’s involvement. The White House’s inquiry into the matter began at around the time and concluded a short time later, a source familiar with the matter said. Officials decided not to release the results at the time because it might disrupt the primary and concluded this week that it would be best to try to put the issue to rest, the source said.

Like we believe this line...if it was Clinton....he would have gladly have said so long time ago.....funny that rahm is out of the country at this same time...it is just another under the bus toss....he must have lost the coin toss

This sounds awfully "fishy" to me. Why did it take the White House this long to get this story out?

Most likely, it took some time to get Emmanuel, Clinton, and Sestak all to agree on the same story. Whether its true or not is of course another matter.... This should however, give the liberal mainstream media enough of an excuse to drop the issue from public discussion. My guess is that FOX and a few conservative media outlets will keep the story alive. Let's see....

I am incredulous at the lengths to which this administration will go to manipulate elections, even using former President Bill, "depends on what the definition of the word is, is" Clinton to cover for them. Wonder what he or Hillary is getting out of all this??

Hmmm....let's see. The White House has been silent on Sestak's allegations until yesterday when President Obama said the "official" story would be forthcoming (at a time when Obama would be unavailable for a follow-up question on the response); so then we hear that the White House lawyers are talking with Sestak's lawyer....undoubtedly so that they both would be telling the same story and now we find that conveniently, it was just Bubba, who doesn't officially represent the White House who did the job offering.

I wonder who did the job/position offering in Colorado?? Was that Bubba, too?

Evidently no persistent Woodward and Bernstein's at Politico. They are willing to accept this shabby explanation of an "unpaid" job. Clinton is an admitted liar and convicted perjurer who lost his law license, how much weight would you give his testimony in court?

Any high postion "job" with the government has VALUE!!!!! Why would Sestak consider giving up his congressional seat for and "unpaid" job.

Of course Politico and most of the media will lap it up. If nothing wrong was done the full details would of come out weeks ago, Sestak wouldn't of been afraid to talk about it and smarmy Robert Gibbs wouldn't of dodged the question every time it came up.

Does anyone really believe that if the Bush administration investigated itself that the Democrats, Politico and the media wouldn't be screaming bloody murder.

An unpaid positon is not a job. How can he be working for the executive branch while still being in Congress (the legislative branch)? There is separation of powers that prohibits that. you would have thought with how intelligent everyone working for the White House is supposed to be they could have come up with a better story than that.

ok what will FoxNews now be calling for? Impeach Obama, or maybe while you are at it, 'impeach' a former president too,Clinton. A non issue. Looking at the Republicans getting emotional about everything the WH does, the sestack non-issue, Bobby Jindal talking to the WH and then acting mad on camera, GOP attending an Obama lunch and then running to the press to rip him, attacking the WH for not sending troops to the border (then attacking them when they send 1200). At this rate, you just need to turn to the papers in the morning to see the latest 'scandal' Foxnews and the Republicans are throwing at Obama. I think too much right wing rhetoric is diminishing the chances of Republican wins in November. Voters cannot keep up with the barrage of Republican attacks, and they are coming in torrents.

I'm more interested in the Bush/Cheney/Haliburton effect of the oil laws and the spill that was caused because of it.

I'd be more interested in the Obama/BP/Getty effect of the oil laws, and the spill that was caused by it!!!!! Funny how just the other day Obama attended a fundraiser at the Getty Mansion.........hmmmmm Getty made all their millions off what????? Oh that's right oil, BP.....Biggest Obama donator!!!

Yep you keep living in the past....be a good little puppet and blame Bush for everything, even though your Messiah is breaking laws, ignoring the U.S. Constitution and just plain has NO IDEA of what he is doing!!! I take that back.....Obama knows exactly what he is doing.......destroying America!!!!!

I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within. - Gen. Douglas MacArthur.

I am in the main stream media. This story sounds good to me. I say we close the door on this non-story and let's move on to the real issues of the day like how to Blame Bush for the BP incident. Blaming republicans is better for our bottom line you know.

Anyone who's believing the story coming out of the White House is extremely naive.

1) Obama's blaming it on Clinton. Pretty slick, but I'm not buying it.

2) Oh, the White House says the talks weren't inappropriate? Case closed. NOT! What the hell else would they say? Of course they're going to LIE and say the talks were appropriate - THEY STARTED THE TALKS.

3) This is NOT transparent. It took them a week just to cook up a story. Should have been able to have a press conference when this first surfaced. But they had to get all the liars in the same room.

Bottom line - add this to the list of things that Obama and his mouthpieces have lied about. We're not getting the truth out of the White House. If you think differently, you're a ****.